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highlights of India vs Pakistan - The 27th match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament between India and Pakistan, played at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on February 15, 2026.
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| An record 87-run stand between Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma © ICC/Getty Images |
A attacking innings from opener Ishan Kishan's 40-ball 78 before Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy and Hardik Pandya's each two wickets helped to India's record 61-run victory over Pakistan and India make it 3 wins a row to qualify for Super Eights in a one-sided game of the 27th match of a ICC T20 World Cup.
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- India's win is their 8th in 9 matches against Pakistan in T20 World Cups (including one win via bowl-out in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20), Their only loss came at Dubai in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
- India's 61-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs against Pakistan in T20Is, previously they had win by 11-runs at Ahmedabad in 2012.
- India's 61-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs against Pakistan in T20 World Cup, previously they had win by 6-runs at New York in the 2024 T20 World Cup and It is their seventh biggest win in T20 World Cups.
- This is the fifth Ducks for Abhishek Sharma as opener in T20 international, the joint second most ducks by an Indian opener in T20Is, jointly with KL Rahul's 5-ducks.
- India's 52 for 1 was their fourth highest powerplay total against Pakistan in T20 international, Their highest powerplay-total against Pakistan was 69 for 0 at Dubai (DICS) in the 2025 T20 Asia Cup and It is their joint 11th highest powerplay-total in T20 World Cups.
- Ishan Kishan hammered a 27-ball his third fastest fifty for India in T20 international, his second fastest fifty in T20 World Cups after his 20-ball fifty against Namibia at Delhi earlier in this tournament and the second fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against Pakistan in T20Is after Abhishek Sharma's 24-ball half-century at Dubai (DICS) in the 2025 T20 Asia Cup.
- Ishan Kishan's 77 was his third highestpp score for India in T20 international, It is the third highest-score by an Indian batsman against Pakistan in T20Is after Virat Kohli's unbeaten 82 at Melbourne in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Virat Kohli's unbeaten 78 at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 T20 World Cup and the joint ninth highest-score by an Indian batsman in T20 World Cups.
- 87 : Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma set up the record second-wicket partnership for India against Pakistan in T20 international, previously held by the 74-run stand between Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli at same venue in the 2012 World Twenty20, It is the India's joint third highest second-wicket stand in T20 World Cups, jointly 87-run stand held by between Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant against Australia at Gros Islet in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
- India's 175 was their third highest score against Pakistan in T20 international and It is their highest-score against Pakistan in T20 World Cups, previous highest was 160 at Melbourne in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
- 18 Number of overs bowled by Pakistan spinners in an innings, the joint highest most overs bowled by Pakistan spinners in an T20I innings, jointly with they had bowled 18-overs against Australia at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 World Twenty20.
- Pakistan's 38 for 4 was their 11th highest powerplay total against India in T20 international and It is their fifth highest powerplay-total against India in T20 World Cups.
- Pakistan's 114 was their third lowest score against India in T20 international and It is their third lowest score in a completed innings in T20 World Cups.
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India scored 175-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Ishan Kishan hammered a 77 off 40-balls, Suryakumar Yadav cracked a 32 off 29-balls including 3-fours.
Shivam Dube blasted a 27 off 17-balls included three-fours & a six with strike rate of 158.82, Tilak Varma scored 25 off 24-balls including 2-fours & a six and Rinku Singh blasted a unbeaten 11 off 4-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 275.
Pakistan best bowler by Saim Ayub picked up 3-wickets for 25-runs in 4-overs, Salman Agha, Usman Tariq and Shaheen Shah Afridi each took one-wickets.
Pakistan bowled out for 114 in 18 overs with top scorer by Usman Khan cracked a 44 off 34-balls including 6-fours & a six.
Shaheen Shah Afridi hit a unbeaten 23 off 19-balls including 2-fours & a six and Shadab Khan scored 14 off 15-balls included a boundary.
India best bowler by Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel each took 2-wickets and one for Tilak Varma - Kuldeep Yadav.
Ishan Kishan named Player of the match for his attacking batting performance to smashed a 77 off facing 40-balls including 10-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 192.50.
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